Control your emotional responses. Have the inner strength to concentrate on what has to be done in pressure situations. Use your emotion and energy to make yourself dig deeper; don’t let your opponents feed off your loss of control. If you’re mentally tough, nothing that happens can break your spirit—stay enthusiastic, confident and positive.

WHY CHAMPIONS OF CHARACTER?

Sports at all levels are full of examples of a breakdown of the basic values that most of us expect of each other.